Chimoré Municipality is the fourth
municipal section of the
Carrasco Province in the
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the " granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from ...
,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. Its seat is
Chimoré.
This municipality was created in 1984 by Law number 633 of September 13, 1984, encompassing the towns of San Isidro,
Senda III, La Victoria, Santa Rosa, Todos Santos, Puerto Alegre, Entre Rios Tacuaral,
Puerto Aurora,
Senda F, Senda D, Senda B y
Cesarzama.
It is bordered by the rivers
Ichilo,
Chimoré and
Chapare.
Subdivision
The municipality consists of only one
canton, Chimoré Canton. It is identical to the municipality.
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...
citizens of
Quechuan
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral " Proto-Quechua" l ...
descent. There are also groups of
Yuracaré along Chapare River like in the communities of Ibare, Puerto Cochabamba and Nueva Esperanza.
Languages
The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
and
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
.
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References
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia
External links
Population data and map of Chimoré Municipality
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Municipalities of the Cochabamba Department